Is schizoaffective disorder a useful diagnosis?

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 332-337

  Heckers, Stephan ^a  

^a Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 67849094435     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-009-0048-3     Document Type: Review

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